Paper garment



(No Model.)

R. C. MUDGE 8v E. M. WASSON.

PAPER GARMENT.

No. 397,437. Patented Feb. 5, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT i. EEIcE.

RICHARD (l. BIIIDGE ANI) EDGAR M. IVASSON, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

PAPER GARNI ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,437', datedFebruary 5, 1889.

Application filed .Tuly 2, 1888.. Serial No. 278.877. (No model.)

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Be it known that we, RICHARD (l. MUDGE and-EDGAR M. V\VA.SSON, citizensof the United States, both residing in the city of Detroit, county oflvayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Garments of Paper, of which. the following is so full,clear, and exact a description as will enable others skilled in the artto which our invention appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to t`1e accompanying drawing, in which the 'figure' of thedrawing represents a front view of a garment made of the fabric hereindescribed, showing hemmed edges and means of fasten.` ing said garment.

rlhe object of our invention is to provide garments of alight and cheapfabric which shall conduct heat so slowly as to protect the wearer frombeing affected by sudden changes of temperature, To this end we employordinary paper or wood iiber which has been passed through acrushing-machine, and thus rendered pliable and less liable to preservecreases. This paper is then passed through a sizing-machine for thepurpose of attaching thereto one or more layers of silk, cotton, orwoolen cloth.

The letter l, represent-s the hem for the up in a hem at d, andinclosing between the two folds the tape b, secured in position by l areadapt ed to act as gathering ends. By drawing more or less tightly uponthe fastenings C the garment may be drawn more or less closely aroundthe body, and the strain thus exerted on the fastenings be distributedover a greater extent of fabric, thus lessening the liability totearing.

These garments supply a need long felt for adequate protection againstthe sudden changes of winter temperature frequently eze perienced in ourNorthern and Vestern States. rl`his protection has hitherto only beenafforded by furs and other expensive materials.

Our fabric is so cheap as to bc easily available to' farmers, miners,lumbermen, and others who are constantly at work in the open V air.

The perforations c maybe made sufficiently large to receive a'tapebinding around their edges, or they may be stitched like a buttonhole,or even provided with eyelets.

Having now described the objects, uses, and advantages of our invention,and having set. forth a preferred method of constructing the same,whatwe believe to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited Stat-cs, and what wc therefore claim is- As a new article ofmanufacture, a garment consisting of layers of cloth and flexible sizedpaper, having its outer edges inelosing a binding-tape, and stitched asdescribed, and provided with approximately-h'orizontal rowsofperfor-ations, and tapes secured. to the garment at or near theperforations of each row farthest .from the front opening of. thegarment, and passing alternately through the said series ofperforations, whereby the said tapes are adapted. to act as gatheringends, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we aiiix our signatures in the presence of twowitnesses.

RICHARD C. MUDGE. EDGAR M. IVASSON. lVitnesses:

R. T. GRAY, GEO. B. SHEEHY.

